Funding search · EIN 223748810 · Woodcliff Lake, NJ

The Emss Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

233
grants reported
$568,360
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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2 grants matching “purpoase · $5,000

  • $3,000

    United States Holocaust Museum · Merrifield, VA · 2023

    General purpoase

  • $2,000

    United States Holocaust Museum · Merrifield, VA · 2022

    General purpoase

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Hias Pennsylvania3 grants · $20,360
  • Everytown for Gun Safety3 grants · $20,000
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia3 grants · $16,000
  • Children First3 grants · $15,000
  • Doylestown Health Foundation3 grants · $15,000
  • Raices3 grants · $15,000
  • The Loveland Foundation3 grants · $15,000
  • Anti-Defamation League3 grants · $11,000
  • Combined Jewish Philanthropies2 grants · $10,800
  • Team Rubicon2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$165,450
2022
$194,500
2023
$208,410
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 233 grants.

  • $10,000

    Cure Duchenne · Newport Beach, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Hias Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $8,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $7,500

    Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $7,500

    Everytown for Gun Safety · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $7,200

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $6,100

    Old York Temple-Beth Am · Abington, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,360

    Hias Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Children First · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Doylestown Health Foundation · Doylestown, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Foundation To Combat Antisemitism · Foxborough, MA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Jewish Federation of Northern Nj · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Long Island University of Pharmacy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The Loveland Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Usc Shoa Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Children First · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Doylestown Health Foundation · Doylestown, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Duke University School of Medicine · Durham, NC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Foundation To Combat Anti-Semitism · Foxboro, MA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Hadassah Raoul Wallenberg Chapter · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey · Paramus, NJ · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Liu College of Pharmacy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Team Rubicon · El Segundo, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The Loveland Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Usc Shoah Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Cdc Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General Purposes

  • $5,000

    Children First · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Doylestown Health Foundation · Doylestown, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Duke University School of Medicine · Durham, NC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Hackensack Meridian Schoold of Medicine · Nutley, NJ · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Hias - Nonprofit Organization · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Hias Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Liu College of Pharmacy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Rise Against Hunger · Releigh, NC · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Team Rubicon · El Segundo, CA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    The Loveland Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    Empire State College Foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Paramus, NJ · 2024

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    Empire State College Fdn · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    Empire State College Fdn · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $4,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $3,600

    American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,600

    American Friends of Soroka Hospital · Scarsdale, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,600

    Zaka · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,600

    American Friends of Soroka Medical Center · Scarsdale, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $3,600

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $3,600

    Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $3,600

    Zaka North · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $3,500

    Jefferson Abington Hospital Office of Institutional Advancement · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    Museum of Medicine and Biomedical Discovery · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    American Jewish Commitee · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $3,000

    United States Holocaust Museum · Merrifield, VA · 2023

    General purpoase

  • $3,000

    American Jewish Commitee · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Entertainment Community Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Galapagos Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Grands Stepping Up · Drexel Hill, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Heights · New Rochelle, NY · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Laurel House · Norristown, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Matti N Dixon Community Cupboard · Ambler, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery City · East Norriton Township, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Aclu · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Entertainment Community Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Grands Stepping Up · Drexel Hill, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Heights Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Idsa Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Jefferson Abington Hospital · Abington, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Laurel House · Norristown, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard · Ambler, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center · Blue Bell, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    National Park Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    The Trevor Project · West Hollowood, CA · 2023

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Aclu · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Entertainment Community Funda · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Grands Stepping Up · Drexel Hill, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Idsa Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey · Paramus, NJ · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Laurel House · Norristown, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard · Ambler, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    National Foundation for Infectious Diseases · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    General purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.